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The mass spectra of recoil nucleon states from inelastic ρ0 production by pions of 12 and 18 GeV/c

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The mass spectra of recoil nucleon states from the inelastic production of ρ0 mesons by incident pions of 12 and 18 GeV/c have been studied in a spark chamber experiment. From over 2000 events, qualitative agreement with a one-pion-exchange calculation is found, both in the magnitudes of the cross-sections and in the missing mass spectra of the nucleon states. The dominance of this channel over elastic ρ0 production and the consequences of extending the model to very high energies are discussed.

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In un esperimento in camera a scintilla si sono studiati gli spettri di massa degli stati del nucleone di rinculo della produzione anelastica di mesoni ρ0 con pioni incidenti di 12 e 18 GeV/c. Su più di 2000 eventi si trova un accordo qualitativo con il calcolo di scambio di un pione, sia per la grandezza delle sezioni d'urto che per gli spettri dei difetti di massa degli stati nucleonici. Si discutono la predominanza di questo canale sulla produzione elastica di ρ0 e le conseguenze dell'estensione del modello alle altissime energie.

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Supported in part by the Ford Foundation and the U.S. Office of Naval Research, contract no. 1224-23.

Supported in part by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Jones, L.W., Bleuler, E., Caldwell, D.O. et al. The mass spectra of recoil nucleon states from inelastic ρ0 production by pions of 12 and 18 GeV/c. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 44, 915–926 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02719339

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